Spiro (disambiguation)

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Spiro and Spyro may refer to:

• Spiro or Spyro (Greek: Σπύρος - with a nominative final s, that is usually dropped when Anglicised) is a male given name fairly common in Greek-speaking population (Greece, Cyprus, Greek diaspora). It is a shortened form of the archaic-sounding Spyridon. The name's origins are traced to Latin spiritum and the Roman praenomen Spurius.

• Paul Spyros Sarbanes, senior US Senator representing Maryland.
• Spiro Agnew, former Vice President of the United States.
  • Spiro (device), 1970s telephone hacking device named after Agnew.
• Spyridon Louis, gold medallist of the first modern Marathon.
  • Spiros Louis Stadium, the Athens Olympic Stadium named after Louis.
• Spyros Skouras, chairman of the Twentieth Century Fox from 1942 to 1962.
• Spyros Kyprianou, former President of Cyprus.
• Spyros Samaras, composer of the Olympic Anthem.
• Spyros Vallas, football player.
• Spiros Livathinos, former football player and current head scout.
• Spiros Markezinis, 20th century Greek politican.

• Spyro the Dragon, fictional titular character of the Spyro the Dragon video game series.
  • Spyro the Dragon, the first game in the series is usually referred as Spyro, with Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! being referred as Spyro 2, and so on.
• Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton, fictional attorney on the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law animated television series.

• Spiro (Jewish family name), variant spellings of which include Spira and Shapiro.

• Spiro, a town in Oklahoma.

• Spiro Mounds, an archaeological site near this town.

• Spiro, a compound used in Organic Chemistry nomenclature.
• Spironolactone, commonly used as a diuretic or as an antiandrogen.
• SPYRO, a steam cracking simulation programme suite.

• Spiro is Latin for "I breathe" from the verb spirare. Spirare gives the English spirit (from spiritum) and the verbs expire, inspire, aspire, respire, transpire, conspire, suspire, along with their derivatives. There is also in the Latin phrase "Dum Spiro Spero".

• Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band.

• Spirogyra is a type of green alga.

• Spirogyra (band), a British folk band.

• Špiro, a male Montenegrin name.
• Spyros was the name of the Greek tanker involved in Spyros disaster, the worst one in the history of Singapore in terms of casualties to date.